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Release Date:
11 syyskuu 1981 (Finland) more
Genre:
Documentary | Music more
Plot:
A documentary of three Finnish bands on tour around lake Saimaa. Bands on boat are Hassisen Kone, Eppu Normaali and Juice Leskinen Slam. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Ismo Alanko ... Himself
Reijo Heiskanen ... Himself
Jussi Kinnunen ... Himself
Harri Kinnunen ... Himself
Safka Pekkonen ... Himself
Juice Leskinen ... Himself
Jari Yliaho ... Himself
Ila Loueranta ... Himself
Vesa Sytelä ... Himself
Martti Syrjä ... Himself
Pantse Syrjä ... Himself
Juha Torvinen ... Himself
Mikko Nevalainen ... Himself
Aku Syrjä ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aki Kaurismäki ... Himself - Interviewer
Mika Kaurismäki ... Himself - Man in crowd
Hassisen Kone ... Themselves - Performer
Juha Leinonen ... Himself - Man in ship
Eppu Normaali ... Themselves - Performer

Directed by
Aki Kaurismäki 
Mika Kaurismäki 
 
Produced by
Aki Kaurismäki .... producer
Mika Kaurismäki .... producer
 
Original Music by
Hassisen Kone 
Juice Leskinen 
Eppu Normaali 
 
Cinematography by
Lasse Naukkarinen 
Timo Salminen 
Toni Sulzbeck 
Olli Varja 
 
Film Editing by
Antti Kari 
 
Sound Department
Veikko Aaltonen .... sound
Mikael Sievers .... sound
Mika Sundqvist .... sound engineer: concert sound
 
Music Department
Pantse Syrjä .... music mixer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Saimen-fenomenet (Finland: Swedish title)
The Saimaa Gesture (International: English title)
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Runtime:
128 min
Country:
Finland
Language:
Finnish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Certification:
Finland:S
Filming Locations:
Finland more
Company:
Villealfa Filmproduction Oy more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Aki Kaurismäki can be seen interviewing Ismo Alanko. more
Soundtrack:
Luonas kai olla saa more

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Best way to see all great bands in Finland that time, 10 tammikuu 2006
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Author: (markkuhakonen@hotmail.com) from Finland

The movie "Saimaa-Ilmiö" goes deep to Finnish rock-culture and artists behind the swing. Later all bands playing in the movie as kind of young rebels, has been continuing making their art and most of them are today legends or superstars in genre of Finland. Movie has one other function lovely for my opinion. Men are sailing over biggest lake of Finland, they are drinking a little bit of beer, having sauna and so on. They are laughing, telling dirty and simple jokes, sitting quietly and speaking nothing. They are like ordinary Finnish men, only difference is the art of making touching music and make people laugh or cry with them. See it feel it and love it.

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